>>129055
Report number 7762.
Topic:
"Inflective.png" in post number 129055 on 8ch/fringe/, posted on 2019-03-03.
Description:
Consists of two lines joined orthogonally, weighted on the top 1/3 of the image, with what appears to be MS Paint pencil-tool tracing behind.
Attached is the text 'here is an inflection device. Print it out, put it in a frame (cut to size, doesn't affect energy). Hang it on a wall or put on a desk, flat surface. Should be in field of vision for at least ten minutes a day. No idea what it does, but seems friendly. If you use it for a week please report back outcome.'
Initial examination reveals subjects experience paredolia showing a leftward looking 'face' spanning the full length of the longest, vertical line. The instance appears to be smiling, with a slightly out of proportion mouth and nose.
Methodology:
12 subjects were selected from random available population. Subjects are primarily caucasian, between 20 - 30 years of age, with a third of the subjects being female.
Subjects were placed in a standard room, with a table, chair, and paper. They were given a simple non-repetitive task to do (Writing, Drawing, etc.) while a replica of the item, duplicated as described, was placed on the desk, in their field of vision. The subjects were told to remain in the room for one hour, and would be called out at the end of the hour.
All of the subjects passed the initial standard 'whiteroom' test, with no abnormalities. At least one third of the group expressed a minor interest in the item, and were allowed to retain a copy of it.
Standard two-week follow up showed that of the subjects, all of them had duplicated a rough rendering of the item, and placed it in their bedroom. Eleven of the twelve subjects had mentioned duplicating their rendering and sharing it among friends and family. When asked why, eight subjects said it gave them "deep joy", with one additional subject specifically describing "inner pieace", that they wished to share with others. Ten of the subjects had reported being drawn away from "standard" news media and towards "occult" sources, with one subject (an undergraduate at a local university) quitting their chosen subject to focus entirely on the occult. At least one subject reported financial difficulties as a result of buying 'occult items'. The lead researcher at this time filed for a six-month follow up.
Six month follow up revealed that of the initial group of twelve subjects, three had committed suicide, one had entered financial difficulties, and a further four more had reported isolation from their social groups. Of the remaining non-deceased nine subjects, when questioned about news and politics, all of them professed a feeling that the scientists quoted were 'hiding something'.
Conclusion:
Item possesses memetic properties and should not be duplicated by anyone with incomplete safety procedures.